Vertical and horizontal scale

The primary control for adjusting the size of text is the Font Size, the point …size for that font. But in some cases, you might want to make …the font, the text, a little bit taller. Perhaps narrower, or shorter and wider, …any combination of these variables. Let's take a look at how we can adjust …the overall scale, both vertically and horizontally for our text. …I have two sets of words here, tall and narrow and short and wide, and I'd like …to make the text match the words. So, we'll start off with the tall and …narrow text. I'll go ahead and select that text and I …make sure that the Type tool is active on the toolbox.…

And then on the Options bar, I'll click the button to bring up the Character and …Paragraph panels. And then, in the Character panel, I'm …going to take a look at the vertical scale and the horizontal scale variables. …For my tall and narrow text, I want to start off by increasing the value of scale. …And that will increase the height of the text. …And that's not the same as just increasing the point size. …

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12/10/2012

Chances are, when you think of Adobe Photoshop, working with text isn't the first thing you think of. And yet Photoshop offers powerful tools for creating and customizing text. In this course Tim Grey explores all the possibilities—from basic tools and techniques for adding and formatting text to advanced options like presets, styles, layer effects, and text on a path. Plus, learn how to fine-tune the text you've added to an image, get tips for creative things you can do with words and letters in Photoshop, and be introduced to some of the new features in Photoshop CS6 that make working with text surprisingly easy and efficient.